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This is a bit late, but you may want to check out the good, old fashioned Unix System Administrators Handbook. Lots of good info, and a great desk reference to have around. The new version has been updated to include Linux.

And as your trivia for the day, the wheel group comes from the old days of BSD, where only big wheels were sysadmins..